HNN112 Study Guide - Final Guide: Physical Therapy, Relate, Dietitian
HNN112
OPTIMISNG PATIENT OUTCOMES
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ILO 1: DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE NURSE IN PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND THE
NURSING PROCESS
For a nurse to perform a proper patient assessment, they need to be thinking critically.
CRITICAL THINKING in nursing practice is a discipline specific, reflective reasoning process that guides a
nurse in generating, implementing and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional
concerns (pages 197-202).
In the clinical setting, critical thinking involves using specific knowledge and the nursing process to consider
a persos partiular situatio ad ake liial judget aout hat to do i that otet.
NURSES…
- Use knowledge from other fields
- Deal with change in stressful environments
- Make important decisions
SKILLS…
- Reflection
- Creativity
- Critical analysis
- Reasoning (inductive, from specific info to general; deductive, from general info to specific)
- Clarifying
ATTITUDES…
- Independence and interdependence
- Fair-mindedness
- Insight
- Intellectual humility and courage
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Perseverance
- Confidence
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THE NURSING PROCESS
The nursing process is a systematic, rational method or planning and providing nurse care.
Its purpose is to identify a persos health are status ad atual or potetial health proles, to estalish
plans, and to meet identified needs and to deliver specific nursing interventions to address those needs.
PHASE
DESCRIPTION
PURPOSE
ASSESSING
- Collect data
- Organise data
- Validate data
- Document data
To establish a database about the
patiets respose to health oers
or illness and the ability to manage
health care needs.
DIAGNOSING/
PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION
- Analyse data
- Identify health problems, risks and
strengths
- Formulate diagnostic statements
To idetif a patiets strengths and
health problems that may be
prevented or resolved by
collaborative and independent
nursing interventions.
PLANNING
- Prioritise problems/diagnoses
- Formulate goals/desired outcomes
- Select nursing intervention
- Write nursing interventions
To develop an individualised care plan
that specifies goals/desired outcomes,
and related nursing interventions.
IMPLEMENTING
- Reassess the patient
- Deterie the urses eed for
assistance
- Implement the nursing interventions
- Supervise delegated care
- Document nursing activities
To assist the person to meet desired
outcomes; promote wellness; prevent
illness and disease; restore health;
and facilitate coping with altered
functioning.
EVALUATING
- Collect data related to outcomes
- Compare data with outcomes
- Relate nursing actions to patient
goals/outcomes
- Draw conclusions about problem status
- Continue, modify or terminate the
patiets are pla
To determine whether to continue,
modify or terminate the plan of care.
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Document Summary
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